"Let me add, that it is the great desideratum, by which this form of Government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and be recommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind." Federalist 10, James Madison

In this post , I discuss "out of state" donations to candidates for 42nd Legislative District. ( I discuss "out of county" donations here.) All WA PDC data below is from October 22, 2012 . For the curious, a technical discussion of the Powershell 3.0, .NET 4.0 code I am used for this data analysis is here. Please do not quote or rely on this data without calculating your own numbers from a PDC dataset first. (Linking and referencing this post URL is okay.)

The first table gives the nominal value of contributions received by candidates in the WA 42nd for the 2012 campaign that originate from outside WA State. Charts for this and the following data table are far below:

Candidate $ "Out of State" Contributions NM 2750MDK 5490.5JEO 15450VKB 16250
The second table gives the percentage value of contributions received by candidates in the 42nd that originate from outside WA State:

Candidate % "Out of State" ContributionsNM 5.919899MDK 9.436039JEO 24.61685VKB 22.90073The data reveals a stunning difference in out of state contributions between the Democrats-McClendon/Krogh ($8240) vs. Republicans-Overstreet/Buys ($31,700). The depth of the Republicans out of state contributions is significant. If we look at the Buys/Overstreet out of state donations side by side, we see considerable amount of overlap not only in corporation names but in dollar amounts.

Buys,Overstreet,McClendon,Krogh: 'Out of State Donations' (e.g. 'not listed as 'WA') for 2012 Legislative Campaign. From 10/22/2012 PDC data. The chart lists # of Donations, Contributor, Amount for each candidate.

VKB

JEO

NM

MDK

2 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, CA, 900

2 NRA - POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, VA, 900

1 WEBB LISA, MT, 100

2 WILKINSON KIM, , 50

1 WASHINTON FOODPAC, OR, 500

1 WASHINGTON FOODPAC, OR, 500

1 VASKAS JANET, PA, 100

2 WERNER ELIZABETH, CA, 100

1 WAL-MART STORES INC, AK, 800

1 WAL-MART STORES INC, AR, 800

1 VASKAS ALAN, PA, 100

2 KROGH PETER, CA, 100

1 TESORO COMPANIES INC, LA, 250

1 UP RAILROAD COMPANY, NE, 250

1 TURNER ZACHARY M, CO, 900

2 FULLENWIDER PETER, OR, 800

1 SOUTHERN SPIRITS OF AMERICA INC, FL, 250

1 TESORO COMPANIES INC, TX, 250

1 TERESA JUDITH, WV, 50

2 BERKMAN ALEC, CA, 100

1 PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC OF AMERICA, IL, 250

1 SOUTHERN WINE & SPIRITS OF AMERICA INC, FL, 500

1 SOTO JLEANA, CA, 100

1 WELLS JAMES, WI, 100

1 PHILIP MORRIS USA, VA, 800

1 PMSA WASHINGTON STATE PAC, CA, 250

1 MCCLENDON SUSAN, GA, 500

1 TULCHIN ANDREW, NM, 50

1 PFIZER INC, NY, 800

1 PHILIP MORRIS USA, VA, 800

1 ATU, DC, 900

1 TALLEY RICHARD, MD, 50

1 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP, NJ, 500

1 PFIZER INC, NY, 900

1 SHAYS MARY, CA, 200

1 LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP INC, NH, 800

1 OVERSTREET J.J. MR, CA, 800

1 SHASTA SOFTWARE, CA, 30

1 DOCPAC, CA, 300

1 OVERSTREET J.J. MR, CA, 100

1 SEGAL ALEXIS K, FL, 60.5

1 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, CA, 800

1 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP, NJ, 500

1 NIENSTEDT CHRISTINE, ID, 50

1 COMCAST, PA, 700

1 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP, NJ, 300

1 NEWMAN CHRISTIAN, FL, 100

1 CASH AMERICA, TX, 400

1 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSN, DC, 400

1 MILLER MARILYN, CA, 50

1 CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS, OR, 900

1 DOCPAC OF WA, CA, 300

1 MAZZAG BORI, CA, 50

1 BURLINGHAM MARCHETA, CA, 500

1 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, TX, 800

1 LINN GRACE, FL, 50

1 BP NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 900

1 COMCAST FINANCIAL AGENCY CORP, PA, 400

1 LINN FREDERICK, FL, 50

1 BP NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 350

1 CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS, OR, 900

1 LAKE HENRY, SC, 100

1 BP NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 250

1 BP EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 900

1 KROGH PETER, CA, 600

1 BNSF RAILWAY CO, TX, 500

1 BP EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 350

1 KROGH EGIL, DC, 800

1 ASURION, TN, 900

1 BP EMPLOYEE PAC, TX, 250

1 KROGH EGIL, DC, 100

1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS INC, CA, 800

1 BNSF RAILWAY CO, TX, 500

1 KIMSEY ROBERT, UT, 100

1 ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC, VA, 800

1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS INC, MO, 900

1 GLENN HANSEN NANCY, DC, 200

1 ALLSTATE, IL, 500

1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS INC, MO, 800

1 FOGELBERG PAUL, MN, 100

1 ABBOTT LABRATORIES, IL, 500

1 ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC, VA, 800

1 EVERITT DAVID, UT, 300

1 7-ELEVEN INC, TX, 400

1 7-ELEVEN INC, TX, 400

1 BARTOW PHILIP, PA, 50

The Buys-Overstreet ALEC Corporate Team?

Are the legislators from Lynden simply surrogate corporate Christians pumping their brand of religion, austerity, limited government, and free markets as a 'quid pro quo' for the support of the corporate agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council? I divided up the Buys/Overstreet contributors into arbitrary industrial groups. A following asterisk represents a corporation or industry trade group that donated to both Republican candidates.